The Miami Marlins scored six runs in the ninth inning and overturned a two-run deficit to defeat the Washington Nationals 6-2 at Nationals Park. Washington had controlled the game for eight innings, scoring once in the fifth and again in the eighth while Andrew Alvarez held Miami scoreless through six. The Nationals' advantage disappeared in the final frame, when Miami's offense produced the only six-run inning of the game.

Alvarez gave Washington the strongest individual pitching performance, striking out six over six scoreless innings and carrying a 3.47 ERA into the start. He kept Miami off balance and handed the game to the bullpen with the Nationals in position to win. Janson Junk worked 4.2 innings with two strikeouts for Miami, while Washington reliever Clayton Beeter added three strikeouts across two innings before the Marlins broke through late.

Otto Lopez supplied Miami's most consequential offensive contribution, going 1-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs and a run scored. Agustin Ramirez added two hits in five at-bats, and those contributions helped anchor the Marlins' late rally. Washington received two hits in two at-bats from Jorbit Vivas, while Daylen Lile and Nasim Nunez each drove in a run, but the Nationals could not protect their 2-0 lead after eight innings.

The result moves Miami to 69-68 and leaves Washington at 65-74. For the Marlins, the six-run ninth provides a clear late-inning formula: stay within reach and force the game into its final outs. For the Nationals, the loss turns eight innings of effective pitching and a narrow lead into a damaging collapse that will demand sharper bullpen execution in the games ahead.